cplchanb
Senior Member
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...e-due-to-hard-ground-metrolinx-says-1.3434769
sigh...here we go again....
sigh...here we go again....
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the lemur
Senior Member
'We want transit, but it can't cost too much!'
Okay, here's an LRT, since you don't have the ridership for a subway anyway.
'But we don't want to have to look at it when we drive!'
Okay, we'll put some of it underground.
'Hey! You're digging a tunnel? Could you not make so much noise? Maybe try to do it without blocking part of the road with equipment?'
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
sixrings
Senior Member
Thought people only complained when they made streetcars and under ground transit had no issues at all?
Voltz
Senior Member
The funny part here is that Sue Ann-Levy is one of those complaining about the noise, and yet she was one of the loudest Ford Subway boosters.
salsa
Senior Member
the lemur
Senior Member
She is a giant hypocrite, as always. She lives in the neighbourhood because she moved in with her wife ... whom she met while researching a privacy complaint about a TV news report about a parking dispute. Turns out the house had a disabled parking space used by exactly zero disabled people.
the lemur
Senior Member
Yeah, but it's what some people asked for, even if they didn't think it through. I wonder the people who clamoured for a subway on Sheppard regret the noise and the giant holes made in the road.
crs1026
Superstar
Noise and vibration is a known and predictable part of an underground transit equation. It's just part of the change. It will not end after construction - I'm sure those Flexities will make some level of rumble when the line goes in service. Will it irrevocably change some peoples' daily lives? Absolutely. Should this stop the line from going ahead? Absolutely not.
Anyone who is surprised just didn't pay attention. Or has never been in a basement on Bloor Street. (The Humber Theatre and the Village Playhouse on Bloor West come to mind).
- Paul
Anyone who is surprised just didn't pay attention. Or has never been in a basement on Bloor Street. (The Humber Theatre and the Village Playhouse on Bloor West come to mind).
- Paul
dowlingm
Senior Member
they don't know what kind of soil they are going to drill into ahead of time? Maybe not where the boundaries are but surely geological drilling gave them some clue.
crs1026
Superstar
I don't know which I object to more.... the lack of sophistication of the average resident, or the disingenuous and intelligence-insulting replies from the Metrolinx spokesperson.
Of course they knew what was down there - this from the EA
http://thecrosstown.ca/sites/defaul...wings-borehole-stratigraphy-dwgs-67-to-81.pdf
http://thecrosstown.ca/sites/defaul...ixh-noise-and-vibration-assessment-report.pdf
Now, maybe the data was faulty - wouldn't be the first time - but to say they didn't consider this ahead of time is just plain incorrect.
- Paul
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Who will they complain about these NOISES!!
Johnny Au
Superstar
Russell Oliver might complain about the noise once the TBMs approach his jewellery store (and the machines may breach into his hidden golden stash).
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
He'll probably be sleeping in the basement until they pass.
